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Chevrolet Bolt EV 2019

Safety complaints filed by owners in the first three years, per 1,000 sold.

5.98 per 1,000

2.5 times this nameplate’s own median · from 103 complaints filed in the first three years, of 178 ever. 95% lower bound 4.83.

Against its own model years

The model year carries far more information than the badge, so this is the comparison that matters.

Model yearPer 1,000Complaints
20172.1852
20180.4810
20195.98103
20203.7770
20212.4352
20223.0250
20231.6839

What owners describe

Phrases over-represented in these complaints compared with the same component on every other vehicle. Counts are complaints containing the phrase.

Electrical System 85 complaints

fires1619%
bolts1215%

When it breaks

84% of reported failures happened before 30,000 miles (median 10,230 miles, from 37 complaints that recorded one).

Failures cluster early, which is the signature of how the car was built rather than of wear. A low-mileage example has not yet passed the risk window.

What NHTSA did

2 investigations covering this model year, 2 of which list a recall campaign.

Pedestrian alert sounds

What owners and forums say

Not built yet. This panel is meant to carry community sentiment beside the filed-complaint data, so the two can be compared. Showing something weaker here would defeat its purpose.

Check this yourself

Example records behind this page:

11151567 · 11161857 · 11218778 · 11230428 · 11240560 · 11241906

Limits of this figure. It counts safety complaints filed with the federal government, which is a floor on failures and not a census: problems that only cost money are under-reported. Complaint rates also reflect how likely a brand’s owners are to file, which cannot be separated from how often the car fails. Sales are calendar-year and the denominator for this nameplate is automated checks only, not verified against an external source.